Larry Engelgau:  

Hello, everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I thought I would put a little of myself out here, to finally add something of myself to share. I currently live in Jacksonville, Florida. I moved from Sioux Falls in 1990 for work at a new company. I have one daughter who also lives in Jacksonville, Florida. I have been single since 2003. I am a computer programmer by profession and love the work that I do. I have been doing this most of my work life since before I moved to Florida. I do hope to be able to keep working and continue to enjoy my current position until I turn 70, at which time I plan to retire. Hard to tell if I will remain in Florida, or maybe retire back to South Dakota. That is still seven years into my future as of this writing. I enjoy Florida, though I do miss South Dakota so very much. I miss the four seasons in South Dakota, though I may not miss driving in the snow during the wintertime. I miss the land and the people there that I use to know. I grew up in South Dakota, my first 14 years in Winner, SD. Within my family, outside of my mom and dad, we had three girls who were all born first, and three boys born last. All six of us kids were born within six years of each other, from oldest daughter to youngest son. I would proudly call myself the youngest in the family. While being a twin, I was the youngest by ten minutes. I love my family, and feel very blessed in how close we were together. I honestly can say I miss the small town of Winner, and the farm we grew up on when I was very young. I miss the country feeling, and the people of that town, and the kids I grew up with. There are some kids I still think a lot about and wonder what they may be doing today. I believe I would still be living in Winner, and feeling I would be happy there, if my father did not pass away when I was very young. Most of my family moved to Sioux Falls several months before I started high school at 15. My mom moved our family to Sioux Falls, I believe, to help some of us kids be exposed to more opportunities in life as we grew up. That is just my feeling, but I cannot say for sure. Lincoln Senior High was so much larger than the school I attended in Winner, it was really a shock at first in some ways attending a school with over 500 students between grades 10, 11, and 12. Back then we only had 3 grades in high school. During my last year in high school, I started working half days as a layout draftsman for a farm equipment company. It was great getting out of school the last half of the school day, receive 3 credit hours for working, as well as getting well paid for it. It just seemed too good to be true for me at that age, but it happened. It was truly a blessing to have a job ready for me when I left school, as I was just not ready to attend college. I stayed working with that company prior to me turning 25, and then moved to Texas to attend UTA for computer programm...Expand for more